Your morning briefing for Wednesday, June 7, 2017: Trump to nominate Christopher Wray as FBI director, Poliquin says Maine should be given control of national monument land, and drunken wedding guests may ruin island golf carts for everyone

Your morning briefing for Friday, May 26, 2017: Trump son-in-law Kushner under FBI scrutiny in Russia probe, North Woods national monument opens fully to the public, LePage expected to keep Down East prison open after recommending closure

Your morning briefing for Thursday, May 25, 2017: Teen banned from graduation ‘not because she is pregnant but because she was immoral,’ Trump administration warns government could soon run out of cash, and Mary Mayhew to leave LePage administration

Your morning briefing for Monday, May 22, 2017: Video shows the terrifying moment a sea lion yanks a girl into the water, Kushner keeps most of his real estate but offers few clues about potential conflicts of interest, and Trump summons Muslim nations to confront ‘Islamic terror of all kinds’

Your morning briefing for Tuesday, May 2, 2017: Trump says he’d be ‘honored’ to meet with North Korean dictator, LePage sues the Maine attorney general, and how one Maine student navigates life as a transgender athlete

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After remaining largely silent on the past weekend’s violence in Virginia, Gov. Paul LePage erupted Thursday on the radio. Maine’s Republican governor echoed President Donald Trump’s reaction to the Charlottesville conflict, assigning equal blame to white supremacists and counter-protesters who showed up to oppose a rally against removing a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. […]